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Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter…actually I don't even own Tessa. She owns herself…Alls I own is the plot.

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Chapter One: Unexpected

-Scotland, 1330-

Little Harry stood on the balcony of the castle, the cold night air tangling his already messy hair. He didn't know what was going on. He had seen someone come up to the door, and a scream from a servant. When he had come down the stairs to ask what had happened, the servant simply said to go wait on the balcony. So there he was, alone. He wished his parents, the rulers of this kingdom, were there with him. But they had gone to Sicily to make some negations with their people. They left him with servants of the castle since they would only be gone a week. It had been 3 weeks so far. He suddenly heard footsteps climbing the stairs by his bedroom. Two cooks, a man and woman, walked in. The woman looked as if she had been crying and the man tightly gripped her shoulder.
"My little Harry." she began, trying to smile through her tears. "You are so young...so young…this shouldn't have happened. For four years, ever since your birth, I have helped your mother raise you and now…now." she broke down into tears.

The man cleared his throat, taking over for her. "Young Harold, sir. I have some news from a messenger. Your parents, both your mother and father, they have died. There was a terrible outbreak out the black plague and they were one of the victims. I…I'm sorry, sir."
Even though Harry was quite young, he still understood what the man had said. Or at least two words: parents and death. His father always said 'don't be afraid to cry.' He heeded those words and let the tears fall freely to the ground.
Over his tears, he heard another set of footsteps. He looked up to see a blurred group of three people. Using his sleeve, he wiped his eyes and took a second look. An old man with a long beard was there. Harry recognized him as the king's advisor. He had been the advisor to this family for 2 generations; Harry would be the third. The old man nodded towards him and then turned to the cooks.
"What shall we do with him?" asked the male cook, as if he wasn't there.
"He is to young to rule the throne," the woman said softly.
"Ay, he is. And servants cannot raise the lad. He needs royal personage to be raised properly. Someone of the same stature of his parents. There is a kingdom not far from here." the bearded man began.
"Dursley, Albus?"
"Yes. Our Queen Lily was related to their Queen Petunia by sisterhood. When Petunia had married King Vernon, from the Dursley family, he had decided to combine his kingdom, with that of the Potters. Unfortunately, each king had a different view of situations so in the end they decided to split into two separate kingdoms."
"But will they allow a Potter after the separation?" the man questioned.
Albus shrugged, "I am not certain, but it is our only option. Once they know of our queen's death they will have to let him stay. For he is kin."
"Then it is decided. Our little Harry will go live with Dursley." The woman replied, holding back tears.
"And... and what will happen to us?" the male cook asked, suddenly worried.
Albus sighed. "It is up to Durlsey. Without a king there is no kingdom. I expect that King Vernon, as greedy as he is, will surely take this kingdom for his own. He will most likely want more servants so I expect that you will all remain employed. But that is…only if he excepts young Prince Harold."
He nodded toward the cooks then turned to Harry. He smiled. "Your going to a better place now, lad. Almost like Mum and Dad…almost." And with that, Albus left the room, leaving the two cooks to comfort the little child. "

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A/n: I got this idea so long ago and I finally convinced myself to post it. I know this is kinda short but its just the prologue. And the title will come into play later…Oh yea And What is it Like to Fly is temporarily paused: sorry! This will be a pretty long story. It will be updated every Friday until Summer starts when I'll update more often.

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